ChicagoAncestors helps genealogists and local historians discover and share historical information about Chicago. Interested in historic Chicago neighborhoods, churches, buildings or events? ChicagoAncestors allows users to browse by address, intersection, or keyword. Additionally, researchers can contribute their own family information, historical research, queries and photographs to the site, and contact other users with similar interests. This interactive digital resource has data that includes locations for synagogues, Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches, along with information on where to access the records and bibliographies for each of Chicago’s 77 community areas, and more:

Is a president who is interested in the Navy and attempts to make it more powerful and better-equipped. Which three American presidents were the Navy’s greatest friends—and which three didn’t appear to realize that the U.S. had a Navy:

Friday, November 16, 2012

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, it enables blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. Major features include support for over 35 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation:

Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Howard County, Missouri Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that they will be selling {in time for the upcoming Christmas season} a book entitled History and Families of Howard County, Missouri: “The Mother of Counties”.

This book was compiled by the members of the Society, and contains over 50 family histories as well as a condensed History of Howard County, a History of the Society. It is dedicated to Louise Coutts, a founding member who recently passed away and did so much to preserve the history of Howard County. The book will be approximately 250 pages, soft-cover, and will contain approximately 75 to 100 photos.

The genealogy society has compiled this book to commemorate its 20th year of operations.

People may order this book prior to printing by sending a check in the amount of $22.50 for each copy, payable to the Howard County Genealogical Society, to 201 South Main Street, Fayette MO 65248. If the book is to be shipped the cost per book to do this is $4.00 per book. Once they are printed, they will be available for delivery at the Howard County Library basement on Friday afternoons.

Please indicate your name, shipping address and number of book(s) ordered with each check.

The National Archives at Kansas City will host Dr. Alexander Bielakowski on Thursday, November 15 6:30 p.m. for a discussion titled Theodore Roosevelt: The Complete American. A 6:00 p.m. reception will precede the event.

Theodore Roosevelt was more than just a politician. At various times in his life, he was an author, big game hunter, civil service reformer, historian, lecturer, naturalist, New York City Police Commissioner, soldier, and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt was also the only man to ever receive both the Medal of Honor for military valor and the Nobel Peace Prize. While his various positions and professions often seemed contradictory, he always managed to make them work together. Bielakowski will discuss how Roosevelt serves as the greatest example of a complete American, a man who never allowed himself to be stereotyped and was always more than he seemed at first glance.

This lecture is part of the One of 44 Lecture Series being offered in conjunction with the School House to White House exhibit currently on display at the National Archives through February 23, 2013. School House to White House focuses on the education of the Presidents.

Alexander M. Bielakowski, Ph.D., has published on such diverse topics as Polish Americans in the Civil War; the final years of the U.S. horse cavalry in the 1920s-30s; General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the first commander of NATO; and Vietnam War movies. He has produced three monographs including U.S. Cavalryman, 1891-1920; African American Troops in World War II; and Buffalo Soldiers: African American Troops in the US Forces, 1866-1945, which was co-authored with Ron Field.

Bielakowski served as editor for the forthcoming Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The National Archives at Kansas City is one of 15 facilities nationwide where the public has access to Federal archival records. It is home to historical records dating from the 1820s to the 1990s created or received by Federal agencies in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. For more information, call 816-268-8000, email kansascity.educate@nara.gov or visit www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city.

The Contributed Military Group Records of the 63rd Infantry and the 500th Bomb Group are now available on Fold3. They take us close up and deep into World War II history and remind us of the sacrifices made by those who served within these units in Germany and the South Pacific.

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